Pak Suzuki Motor Company (PSMC) has announced a price cut for all vehicles following Toyota. The latest decline in car prices is attributed to the strengthening of the Pakistani rupee against the US dollar.
Here’s the latest price list of all Pak Suzuki cars:
Vehicle
Old Price
New Prices
Reduction
Alto
Alto VX
Rs1,789,000
Rs1,699,000
Rs90,000
Alto VXR
Rs2,079,000
Rs1,976,000
Rs103,000
Alto VXL
Rs2,399,000
Rs2,223,000
Rs116,000
Wagon R
Wagon R VXR
Rs2,549,000
Rs2,421,000
Rs128,000
Wagon R VXL
Rs2,699,000
Rs2,564,000
Rs135,000
Wagon R AGS
Rs2,949,000
Rs2,802,000
Rs147,000
Cultus
Cultus VXR
Rs2,879,000
Rs2,754,000
Rs125,000
Cultus VXL
Rs3,164,000
Rs3,024,000
Rs135,000
Cultus AGS
Rs3,379,000
Rs3,234,000
Rs145,000
Swift
Swift GL M/T
Rs3,349,000
Rs3,180,000
Rs169,000
Swift GL CVT
Rs3,599,000
Rs3,420,000
Rs179,000
Swift GLX CVT
Rs3,959,000
Rs3,760,000
Rs199,000
Bolan and Ravi
Ravi
Rs1,499,000
Rs1,349,000
Rs75,000
Bolan VX
Rs1,579,000
Rs1,500,000
Rs79,000
Bolan Cargo
Rs1,566,000
Rs1,487,000
Rs79,000
Pak Suzuki Latest Car Prices in Pakistan 2022 – 16 August 2022
Suzuki Swift’s price has decreased significantly by Rs199,000 compared to all other vehicles. The top Suzuki Swift GLX CVT variant will now be sold for Rs3.760 million as compared to its earlier price of Rs3.959 million.
Two police officers were martyred in an armed attack on a polio squad in a Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) district. Armed men opened fire on the polio team in Tank district.
Constables Pir Rehman and Nisar were killed in the incident. They were both deputed on the security of the polio team.
Following the incident, a contingent of police and security forces arrived in the area, collected evidence, and began the investigation by gathering eyewitness testimony.
The current polio campaign will run until August 24.
Earlier this year in June, one polio worker and three others were killed as a result of an attack on the polio team in North Waziristan. Pakistan has reported at least six cases of polio this year, As per the World Health Organisation (WHO), Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only two polio-endemic nations in the world.
Bollywood Superstar Aamir Khan needs no introduction as his decades-long career is enough for it. He has credited several super hit movies in his name. Some of them are PK, Dangal, Lagaan, Ghajini, Dhoom 3 and Dil Chahta Hai.
According to Bollywood Hungama, Aamir is currently in a state of shock and stress, considering the massive failure of Laal Singh Chaddha. The film has collected less than 50 crore at the box office despite being a festive release.
“Aamir had worked really hard to make the best version of Forrest Gump possible. The rejection has hit him very hard,” says a close friend of Aamir and his former wife Kiran Rao.
The immediate aftermath of this colossal setback may get monetary compensation for film distributors across the country who have lost heavily on Laal Singh Chaddha.
Apparently Aamir, as co-producer, has taken responsibility for the film’s failure and is working at partially compensating for the heavy losses incurred by distributors.
Earlier this month trade Analyst Ali Zain shared on his Twitter handle that Khan has submitted his big-budget film, Laal Singh Chadda for NOC in Pakistan.
Although Indian films are currently banned in Pakistan, this could have initiated a new wave of Bollywood mania in Pakistani cinema houses.
On the recent boycott Twitter trend for his film, the Rang De Basanti star said, “Yes, I feel sad. Also, I feel sad that some of the people who are saying this, in their hearts, believe that I am someone who doesn’t like India. In their hearts, they believe, but it is untrue. It is rather unfortunate that some people feel that way. That’s not the case. Please don’t boycott my film. Please watch my film.”
In 2015, Aamir came under fire for his comments about ‘intolerant India’. “When I chat with Kiran at home, she says ‘Should we move out of India?’ That’s a disastrous and big statement for Kiran to make. She fears for her child. She fears what the atmosphere around us will be. She feels scared to open the newspapers every day,” he had said.
“I never said India was intolerant or I wanted to leave the country. I also understand the emotions of those who were hurt. I would like to say that my statement was misunderstood and to some extent, the media is responsible for it. I was born here and I will die here,” Aamir had later responded.
The hashtag #BoycottLaalSinghChaddha has close to 70,000 tweets and people have been actively trolling the lead actors. From Kareena’s statement on nepotism and asking people to not watch her films if they don’t want to in an old video to Aamir’s controversial scenes “against Hinduism” in his films to asking for justice for late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, there are many reasons being pointed out by social media users.
Earlier in an interview with News18, the actor opened on why he gave up alcohol. In the interview, he said that he used to down the entire bottle but later felt it was not okay.
While speaking to the news portal, the Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak actor said, “I used to drink sometimes, but I don’t anymore. Some people take two pegs and they are sorted. But I was never one of those who drank regularly. I used to drink on occasions, but whenever I did sit down to drink, I would down the entire bottle. And I felt that that was not okay.”
He further added that nothing major had happened with him in the state of intoxication that he would regret later. “The fact that a person is no longer under their own control, that didn’t sit well with me,” concluded the Dhoom 3 hero.
Aamir consumed a bottle of vodka to shoot for the song ‘Tere Ishq Mein Nachenge’ in the 1996 film ‘Raja Hindustani’.
Water may have been brought to Earth by asteroids from the outer edges of the solar system.
A report inDeccan Herald (DH)suggests that scientists said this after analysing rare samples collected on a six-year Japanese space mission. Researchers scrutinised material brought back to earth in 2020 from the asteroid Ryugu.
The 5.4 grams (0.2 ounces) of rocks and dust were gathered by a Japanese space probe, called Hayabusa-2, that landed on the celestial body and fired an impactor into its surface.
In a new paper published in the journal Nature Astronomy, scientists said the Ryugu samples could give clues to the mystery of how oceans appeared on Earth billions of years ago.
“Volatile and organic-rich C-type asteroids may have been one of the main sources of Earth’s water,” said a study by scientists from Japan and other countries.
But the organic materials found “in Ryugu particles, identified in this study, probably represent one important source of volatiles”.
In an interview to The Economist on Pakistan’s Independence Day, Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif highlighted the root problems of the economic crisis gripping the nation nowadays.
Titled “Pakistan’s prime minister on his drive to modernise the country“, PM Shehbaz mainly talked about critical structural flaws that hindered the state’s economy. According to him, the first reason is that Pakistan’s political environment has become increasingly polarised.
“Instead of debating how to run Pakistan better and rid the country of poverty, political parties have been at each other’s throats,” he pointed out.
“We have not invested enough in the nuts and bolts of development: education, health and infrastructure. This is in part due to an abysmally low tax take, but it also reflects our priorities in public spending.”
PM Shehbaz further highlighted the fact that Pakistan has not enjoyed the benefits of globalisation.
“Today, we hardly make anything that the world wants and our companies remain very comfortable only operating within our borders, often protected by barriers to competition,” he stressed.
He pointed out that Pakistan’s exports are just 10 per cent. Shehbaz said that where “two out of every three people are below the age of 30 and full of aspirations and where every third person lives on less than $3.20 a day and less than a quarter of our women work outside the home,” it is a moment that merits “serious introspection”.
‘Pakistan was one of the biggest victims of state-sponsored terrorism’: PM Shehbaz
In an interview with Newsweek’s senior foreign policy writer Tom O’Connor, PM Shehbaz said it was no secret that Pakistan was “one of the biggest victims of state-sponsored terrorism that is planned, supported and financed by hostile intelligence agencies”.
He went on to say that terrorist attacks against Chinese nationals were “aided and abetted by forces inimical to the Pakistan-China strategic partnership”.
Talking about friction between the US and China, the premier said: “While the Pakistan-China relationship is very special, Pakistan and the US have also maintained a long-standing historic bilateral relationship which covers all issues of mutual interest.”
He was of the view that the world cannot afford to go back into another “era of Cold War or bloc politics”.
The premier called for all parties to agree to the “minimum rules of the game in which the welfare of the people remains paramount”.
“Systematic problems can be fixed through engagement and consultations among all political stakeholders. This course may take time, but is the only way forward for the system to become strong, resilient and efficient.”
This year marks the 75th year of independence for Pakistan. To commemorate the occasion, 253 Pakistani citizens from all walks of life, as well as foreign nationals, were awarded the highest honours: the Pakistan Civil Awards by President of Pakistan Dr Arif Alvi, for showing excellent courage and remarkable achievements in their respective fields. A number of prominent Pakistani celebrities, belonging to the field of entertainment and sports were also conferred with the Civil Awards.
The investiture ceremony of these awards will take place on Pakistan Day — March 23, 2023.
Three athletes from the cricketing world have received the awards. Skipper Babar Azam was bestowed with Sitara-i-Imtiaz, women’s cricket team captain Bismah received Tamgha-i-Imtiaz and blind cricketer Masood Jan was honoured with the Pride of Performance award.
PCB CONGRATULATES Masood Jan (blind cricketer), Pakistan men's team captain Babar Azam and Pakistan women's team captain Bismah Maroof at being conferred with civil awards on Pakistan's 75th anniversary. pic.twitter.com/dscGoqJ5Zq
Javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem and weightlifter Nooh Dastagir Butt were given the President’s award for Pride of Performance for bagging gold medals for Pakistan at the Commonwealth Games.
Legendary squash player Jahangir Khan has been honoured with Nishan-i-Imtiaz. Mountaineer Sirbaz Khan received President’s award for Pride of Performance.
Two kabbadi players Ch Shafay Hussain and Shafiq Ahmed Chishti were honoured with Sitara-i-Imtiaz, Tamgha-i-Imtiaz respectively.
Ahsan Ramzan (Snooker), Amina Wali (Skiing), Abdul Karim (Mountaineer/Porter), Irfan Mehsood (Martial Arts) and Ms Shahida (Karate) athletes were also awarded with Pride of Performance.
Finance Minister (FM) Miftah Ismail once again explained how the petrol prices are calculated after receiving criticism for the increase in petroleum prices.
Responding to senior journalist Hamid Mir on Twitter, he said the government has not imposed any tax on petroleum products.
Clarifying his position, the minister said that he did not say that the price will not be increased.
“Mir sahib I said I will not add one penny of new taxes or levies to the price. And I have not. But you know Hamid sahib that the fuel price summary is moved by OGRA and sent to Finance division through the Petroleum division. We get it only a few hours before prices are set.”
1) Mir sahib I said I will not add one penny of new taxes or levies to the price. And I have not. But you know Hamid sahib that the fuel price summary is moved by OGRA and sent to Finance division through the Petroleum division. We get it only a few hours before prices are set. https://t.co/38N2PD3qyQ
“I am an easy target. Which is fine. But this price change only reflects the change in PSO costs and doesn’t have any new taxes,” said Miftah Ismail.
2) I am an easy target. Which is fine. But this price change only reflects the change in PSO costs and doesn’t have any new taxes. People are welcome to critique or criticise me. I know I am sincere to my country & have saved it from default & working to the best of my ability.
The finance minister added that people are welcome to critique or criticise him.
“I know I am sincere to my country and have saved it from default and working to the best of my ability.”
Zardari unhappy with govt’s decision to increase petrol prices
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-Chairperson Asif Ali Zardari distanced himself from the recent increase in the petroleum prices by the government.
Zardari said the PPP is a part of the government and supports it, but there must be consultations on such decisions.
“We are all here in this government to give relief to the people and that should be our top priority. We are with the prime minister and will meet him soon and talk about the economic team,” he added.
سابق صدر آصف علی زرداری کا حکومت کی طرف سے پٹرولیم مصنوعات کی قیمت میں اضافے پر تشویش کا اظہار
پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی حکومت کا حصہ ہے اور ساتھ ہے لیکن اس طرح کے فیصلوں پر مشاورت ضرور ہونا چاہئیے، صدر زرداری@AAliZardari
‘I am not involved in this decision’: Nawaz Sharif leaves party meeting over increase in petrol prices
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Maryam Nawaz took to Twitter and said that PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif was unhappy with the government increasing the petrol prices and as a result left the meeting.
“Mian Sahib strongly opposed this decision and even said that I cannot burden the people with one more penny. And if there is any compulsion of the government, I am not involved in this decision and he left the meeting,” tweeted Maryam.
میاں صاحب نے اس فیصلے کی سخت مخالفت کی اور یہاں تک کہ دیا کہ میں مزید ایک پیسے کا بوجھ عوام پر نہیں ڈال سکتا اور اگر حکومت کی کوئی مجبوری ہے تو میں اس فیصلے میں شامل نہیں ہوں اور میٹنگ چھوڑ کر چلے گئے۔ https://t.co/McG019GW6Z
The government increased the price of petrol by Rs6.72 per litre and decreased the price of high-speed diesel (HSD) by Rs0.51 and kerosene oil by Rs1.67 per litre.
A man in Lakki Marwat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, was arrested on Monday for filming women in a recreational park without their consent
According to the park’s administration, the man recorded videos of burqa-clad women when they were getting on to a ride in the recreational zone.
The park has a separate area for females. The ride was restricted to men at the time the women were boarding and taking the ride.
According to the local police, a First Information Report (FIR) has been filed against the suspect. They further stated that other individuals verbally abused the women while the man was filming them.
In a separate incident, three foreigners, including two women and a man, were harassed by a mob in Shakarparian in Islamabad on Independence Day. In videos that have gone viral on social media, some men could be seen surrounding and harassing the tourists.
Toyota Indus Motor Company (IMC) has announced a reduction in car prices after the Pakistani rupee’s spectacular comeback against the US dollar.
It is worth mentioning that Toyota had increased car prices up to Rs3.16 million less than two weeks ago.
The latest car prices for Toyota’s Completely Knocked Down (CKD) units are listed below:
Vehicle
Old Price
New Price
Reduction
Toyota Yaris
Yaris 1.3 Gli M/T
Rs3,799,000
Rs3,539,000
Rs260,000
Yaris 1.3 Gli CVT
Rs4,039,000
Rs3,769,000
Rs270,000
Yaris 1.3 ATIV M/T
Rs3,999,000
Rs3,729,000
Rs270,000
Yaris 1.3 ATIV CVT
Rs4,209,000
Rs3,929,000
Rs280,000
Yaris 1.5 ATIV X M/T
Rs4,309,000
Rs4,009,000
Rs300,000
Yaris 1.5 ATIV X CVT
Rs4,569,000
Rs4,259,000
Rs310,000
Toyota Corolla
Corolla Altis 1.6 M/T
Rs4,899,000
Rs4,569,000
Rs330,000
Corolla Altis 1.6 A/T
Rs5,139,000
Rs4,789,000
Rs350,000
Corolla Altis SE 1.6 A/T
Rs5,639,000
Rs5,279,000
Rs360,000
Corolla Altis 1.8 CVT
Rs5,679,000
Rs5,269,000
Rs410,000
Corolla Altis 1.8 Grande CVT Beige Interior
Rs6,149,000
Rs5,709,000
Rs440,000
Corolla Altis 1.8 Grande CVT Black Interior
Rs6,189,000
Rs5,749,000
Rs440,000
Toyota Hilux Revo
Hilux Revo G 2.8 M/T
Rs9,819,000
Rs9,169,000
Rs650,000
Hilux Revo G 2.8 A/T
Rs10,299,000
Rs9,609,000
Rs690,000
Hilux Revo V 2.8 A/T
Rs11,349,000
Rs10,599,000
Rs750,000
Hilux Revo Rocco
Rs11,999,000
Rs11,179,000
Rs820,000
Toyota Fortuner
Fortuner G A/T
Rs12,489,000
Rs11,579,000
Rs910,000
Fortuner V A/T
Rs14,279,000
Rs13,259,000
Rs1,020,000
Fortuner Sigma 4 A/T
Rs15,069,000
Rs13,969,000
Rs1,100,000
Fortuner Legender
Rs15,839,000
Rs14,699,000
Rs1,140,000
Toyota cars latest price list effective from 16 August 2022
The automaker decreased the price of Corolla variants by Rs330,000-Rs440,000. The price of the Corolla 1.6 manual model was reduced by Rs330,000, from Rs4.899 million to Rs4.569 million. After a reduction of Rs350,000, the Corolla 1.6 automatic model is now priced at Rs4.789 million.
Similar reductions were made in the price of Yaris variants, which were reduced between Rs260,000 and Rs310,000. The Yaris 1.5 CVT received the largest price reduction in the aforementioned category, falling by Rs310,000 to a new price of Rs4.259 million from its previous price of Rs4.569 million.
The price of Hilux Revo was reduced between Rs650,000 to Rs820,000. While the invoice of Revo V AT Rocco dropped from Rs11.999 million to Rs11.179 million, the cost of Revo G MT reduced from Rs9.819 million to Rs9.169 million.
IMC also reduced the prices for the Fortuner models between Rs910,000 and Rs1.14 million.
After a drop of Rs910,000, the Toyota Fortuner Lo Petrol variant is now offered for Rs11.579 million. The Fortuner Diesel Legender model witnessed a major price decrease, dropping from Rs15.839 million to Rs14.69 million.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Monday, August 15, declared his wife Bushra Bibi’s and all his assets in the nomination papers to contest the by-elections from Faisalabad constituency NA-108, reports Geo News.
Providing details to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), Khan revealed that his assets are more than Rs304.2 million.
According to the news outlet, Khan declared two inherited houses and 228 kanals of land in the Bhakkar district. He also owns a flat and a commercial plot on Constitution Avenue in Islamabad from which he is receiving Rs1.4 million as rent. He has four bank accounts, but no investment in any company. He showed Rs11.22 million cash in hand. Khan has four goats worth Rs0.2 million.
Declaring his wife Bushra Bibi’s assets, he revealed that she has 698 kanals of land in Pakpattan and Okara. As per the nomination papers, a three-kanal house in Bani Gala is in the name of his wife, and that she has no jewellery.
Khan declared that he spent Rs48.66 million on the construction of the Zaman Park house, and spent Rs4.9 million on additional constructions in Bani Gala. In the nomination papers, Khan did not mention details of his children.
